44Production before date for attendance

44 Production before date for attendance (1) Unless the Court or the registrar issuing the summons otherwise directs, a summons to produce documents or things or a summons to give evidence and produce documents or things permits the person to whom the summons is directed, instead of producing the document or thing at the hearing, to produce it, together with a copy of the summons, to the appropriate registrar not later than 2 days before the first day on which production is required. (2) If a document or thing is produced to the appropriate registrar under subsection (1), he or she must— (a) if requested to do so, give a receipt to the person producing the document or thing; and (b) produce the document or thing as the Court directs. (3) The production of a document or thing to the appropriate registrar under subsection (1) in answer to a summons to give evidence and produce documents or things does not remove the requirement on the person to whom the summons is directed to attend for the purpose of giving evidence. S. 45 amended by No. 11/2021 s. 55 (ILA s. 39B(1)).